The petitioner prayed to the court to also issue directives to investigate if the model paid taxes on the cash. PHOTO: INP
A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court seeking directives to put model Ayyan Ali’s name on the Exit Control List (ECL).
Petitioner Arshad Mehmood Butt has filed the petition making ministry, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Ayyan and others as respondents.
The petitioner prayed to the court to also issue directives to investigate if the model paid taxes on the cash she carried for her 81 trips abroad.
The petitioner has also prayed that the FBR and customs authorities should also be directed to investigate a possible terror-financing link in currency smuggling case, the model was facing.
The petitioner has quoted a letter written by an intelligence agency to the interior ministry which said that the money smuggled through the model could be used to finance terrorism in the country.
He prayed to investigate the model’s bank accounts to ascertain the actual identity of the person who had transferred the money on her account.
Ayyan was arrested from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on March 14 by customs authorities and a case was registered against her for attempting to transport $506,800 abroad.
The petitioner said Ayyan was now planning to leave the country as her name has not been placed on the ECL.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2015.
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